Nonbreakable dressed doll



Nov. 27, 1928. 1,692,897

L. E. HOWARD ET AL NONBREAKABLE DRESSED DOLL Filed June 17, 1927 2Sheets-Sheet l l N VEN TORS,

Lee E.HowarcZ .MdtjueriteEHoward l 13? W 1' 1' if" .2 ATTORNEY.

Nov. 27, 1928. 1,692,897

L. E. HOWARD ET AL NONBREAKABLE DRES SED DOLL Filed June 17, 1927 2Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS, Lee E. Howard Marguerite Elioward ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 27, 1928.

UNITED ST Ares P'ATEN OFFIGIE...

LEE E. HOWARD AND MARGI TERITE E'. HOWARD, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

NONIBREA'K-ABLE Application, filed June 17;

Our inventionlrelatesto toys and moreparticularly to a non-breakabledoll and a method of making the same. 7

. The primary ob eet of our invention: isto provide a neatly dressednon-breakable doll of the so-called ragdoll type. 1

A further object is to provide a novel method of producing a doll of thecharacterdescribed in a simple and inexpensivemanner.

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter, and while we showherewith and will describe a preferred formof construction, we do notdesire to limit" ourselves to such preferred form but that variouschanges and adaptations maybe made therein w1thout departing from thespirit of our invention as hereinafter claimed. v

Referring to the drawings which; accom pany this specification and forma part thereof, l

Fig. 1 is a front View of afldoll made by, the method embodied in ourinvention.

Fig. 2 is a left side, view of the doll shown in Fig. 1. I r

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a sock from which the body. partofthe'dollshown in Figs. 1- and 2 is made, with cutting lines indicatedthereon bydottedlines. I

Fig. 4 isaview, in front elevation,.of that portion of'the sock. whichis used formaking. the head, trunk and legs ofthe'doll, as itappears-before being stuffed.

Fig. 5 is a similar view of the'sock part shown in Fig, 4 after ithasbeen turned, stuffed and sewedup ready'for dressing.

Fig. -6 is a side view. of the second sock used in making the doll, inposition to be pulled over the stuffed body shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of one of the cutoff parts of the first sock whichis used to form one of the dolls arms, as sewed preparatory to beingstuffed.

Fig. 8 is a similar view of the arm part shown in Fig. 7 after it hasbeen turned and stuffed. I

The doll, as shown, is made for the most port, of a pair of common knitsocks, preferably mens socks ofthe mottled variety, red and white, blueand white, brown and white, etc., with white heel, toe and ribbed top.One of the socks is flattened out as shown in Fig. 3 and cut across thefoot part 10 thereof on line 11. The cut-off part is then cutlongitudinally on line 12 to form two equal folded pieces 13, smallpieces of which are cut away DRESSED DOLL.

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on-lines 14, at the toe-end, to give them a more nearly uniform taper.The heel and leg portions 15 and 16 respectively, of the sock are leftin one piece, the body piece and the ribbedtop part 17' of thelegportion is slit along its opposite" folded edges, as at 18,-

of each folded leg 19 are then sewed together, producing a continuousinner seam 20 and seams 21 are run'across theglower ends thereof. Thebody casing thus-formed 1s now turned right side out and cotton or othersuitable-material is stuffed into opening-22,-.

left by the original cut on line 11, until the leg, body and head partsthereof arewellv rounded out to the form shown in Fig. 5. Opening 22 isfinally drawn together" and sewed up as at 23.

Pieces 13 are now turned wrong s de out. and the cut edges of each aresewed together formlng seams '24 which produce arm tubes or casings 25with white tapered ends 26, to simulate-hands, as shown in Fig. 7. Thesearm casings are turned right side out and stuffed to'a suitableroundness to form an arm.

27 and the open ends thereof-are closed by seams 28.

The second 'soek'29 of the pair, complete ner that heel'part 30 oftheformer covers sewed upopening 23 of the latter,-the face side of thedoll, the toe portion 31 of the yarn, string or ribbon 32corresponding-to the color of the socks used in making the doll, orsuitably contrasting with that color is pulled tightly around the upperend of the doll figure, just below the heel part of outer sock 29 and istied in a bow knot 33 on the front side of the neck 34 thus formed onthe figure. The head and trunk parts 35 and 36,

' respectively, of the figure, are thus clearly de- Arm parts 28 asshown in Fig. 8, are now sewed along seams 27 to outer sock 29, onopposite sides thereof, at suitable points for representing theshoulders of the figure, so

that their tapered ends extend at a clownwardly inclined angle to thebody. Colored yarn, string or ribbon 37 similarto that forming theneckband 32 are tied tightly in a bow knot around the arms, adjacenttheir tapered ends to represent wrist-bands'and similar bands 38 aresimilarly tied adjacent the lower ends of the legs to represent anklebands.

The ribbed part 39 of outer sock 29 is turned upwardly on legs 19 toform a roll 40 at approximately the middle ofthe figure, which givesthat part of the outer sock extending below the head of the figure, theappearance of a jacket or coat. Eyebrows 411' and eyes 4-2 areembroidered with black threador yarn and nostrils 43 and mouth at areembroidered with red thread or yarn on the heel 30 of outer sock 29,which forms the face of the figure. The foot portion of outer sock '29is nowpulled forwardly over the head of the figure and then turnedupwardly to form a fold 45 around the neck and face and its to portion31 is pulled tightly over the L. crow/1146 of the'head with a circularfold 47 which is pulled down on each side of the 1 head, as at 48, andfastened to fold 4:5 with ranged, forms the face, the head cover, and

the acket or coat of the figure, which finally appears as a chubby dollwith a coat and hat of the same color and with necktie, wrist bands,ankle bands and other trimmings of a color to correspond or to contrasttherewith.

.The doll, as shown. is adapted for standing but may be modified'for asitting posture, by running a seam 52 across the point of junction ofthe legs with the body, after the legs have been stuffed and before thebody has been stuffed; A joint 53 is thus formed which permits the legsto be extended forwardly at right angles to the trunk of the figure, so

that itmay be placed ina sitting position.

Having thus illustrated and described our invention, we claim 1 Themethod of forming a dressed dollout of a pair of socks which comprisescutting elf the toe-portion of the first sock; slitting the ribbed-topportionthereof, longitudinally, front and backysewing the cut edges ofsaid ribbed-top portion'toform two closed said equal parts to form armtubes; stuffing sa1d arm tubes with flexible material toa suitableroundness to'represent arms; pulling the second sock over the head-endof said stuffed body until the heel portion {of the former becomesstretched over the head end of the latter, so as to form a face thereonfolding the ribbed-top portion of said sec-i folding the toe portion ofsaid second" sock to form al-tight-fitting'hat on the head of thestuffed body with a roll rim encircling the'face and neck thereof;attaching the arms to opposite sides of said second sock at suit ablepoints to represent shoulders; colored material aboutthe body, arms and'legs of the resulting figure to mark-off the head," hands and feetthereof; fasteningtufts of" like 'materialto theihat and coat partsof 1the figure to form side rosettesontlie former and to represent buttons.onthe sides and front of the latter, and .enibroidering, with:

colored material, features on vthe heel part of said second sock-whichserves astheface of the figure. 3 I

LEE E. HOWARD. MARGUERITE HQlVARD.

